Annastrophic,

you take a day off and look what happens!

i meant a ponce to be someone who, similar to what tsuwm said, is affecting an upper class style and knowledge, usually in a way that separates them from the "great unwashed".

i remember asking for a record of prokofiev's "visions fugitives" when i was 16. the guy in the shop said "oh! you mean 'veeseeong fyujiteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef?" this man was, and no doubt still is, a ponce.